Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined NBC 4 in New York to talk about the hot new toys making their debut at this year’s Toy Fair at New York’s Javits Center. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


PRIMAL HATCH HATCHING MEGALODON

Kids awaken the beast when they add water, which foams, fizzes, and eventually turns red before the Megalodon jumps out. Kids can play with the shark after the reveal, or reset it and reveal it again.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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  • Type:
  • AAA
  • Quantity:
  • 3

HATCHIN’ YOSHI

Start to play by tapping on the egg and moving it. Eventually, Yoshi hatches out and greets kids with a “Yoshi!” Once hatched, the Yoshi figure is fully interactive for engaging play.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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RUBIK’S TETRIS CUBE

Rubik’s and Tetris join forces to create a shapeshifting, Tetrimino-matching brain teaser unlike anything fans have seen before. Instead of solving for solid colours, players twist, turn, and realign the Cube until all six Tetriminoes shift into place. Once mastered, the included I-Tetrimino stand lets you proudly display your completed creation.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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FOURTH WING: RISE OF THE WINGLEADER

Players enter Basgiath War College to compete across Strength, Agility, Cunning, and Connection in a tabletop game based on Fourth Wing. Includes a metal dragon bookmark that doubles as a first player marker.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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AVAILABLE FALL 2026

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SOLARFLOWERS

Kids can build this motorized flower model with moving petals, powered by a solar panel, while learning about mechanical systems like motors and planetary gears. The kit teaches kids how solar cells generate electricity.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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PAW PATROL MEGASAURUS VEHICLE

There’s a surprise on Rocky’s recycling truck: Press down on the light bar to reveal an inflatable, detachable 2-foot dinosaur. It folds back in to pop up again and again.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $64.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 4

GUI GUI KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

Fans can craft their own slime inspired by their favorite characters: Rumi, Mira, Zoey, plus Derpy Tiger, along with a limited-edition “Golden” slime. Each one includes a signature scent, mix-ins, and a collectible character plaque.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99 each
  • Age:
  • 6+

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A proud and profoundly weird graduate of SUNY Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah. ↙️↙️↙️

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